Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Left: Sophomore woodworking student Jeff Berreth begins work on his individual pro- ject, a dresser. Below: Donna Duvall reu- pholsters a chair as part of a senior home economics project. Daniel, Daly teach vocational classes Juniors Mark Hoffman and Tim Kessler learn the art of microwave cooking in home ec. Mrs. Alverde Daniel and Mr. John Daly held sway in the vocational wing of the building, teaching home economics and industrial arts. Daniel taught home ec to sopho- mores, juniors and seniors. In her classes students learned everything from the fundamentals of cooking and etiquette to sewing, nutrition and child development. Daly taught basic drafting and woodworking to the sophomores, while juniors spent one semester learning how to use the torch and to weld and a second semester learning about engines. The sen- iors spent a good part of the year working on individual projects, primarily in the area of woodwork- ing. Academics 13

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Carmon joins staff The 1985-86 computer classes were taught by a new teacher, Mr. David Carmon. The sophomore computer class was introduced to a new com- puter language called Logo. The ju- niors studied the graphics capabili- ties of both BASIC programming and Logo, while the seniors worked with the Appleworks and Flashcalc programs, reviewed Logo and were introduced to Pascal, a high-level computer language, on both the Commodore and Apple computers. Typing I students under Mrs. Doris Hepperle learned how to type business documents, letters, memos and reports. Shorthand stu- dents were introduced to shorthand theory during the fall semester and worked on speed development in the spring. Office education stu- dents spent two hours each day in a simulated office environment working on word processing, writ- ten communication, filing, finan- cial records, mailing and shipping. Office ed students also spent six weeks working downtown in local offices. Accounting, business math and business law were taught by Mr. John Stolle. Stolle enjoyed teaching his business classes because he found satisfaction in helping stu- dents understand the complexities of keeping books for a large busi- ness. He also liked seeing students begin to understand the law and not just think about what they con- sidered fair. Below left: Office education student Melissa Maroney gets some tips on word processing from instructor Doris Hepperle. Below right: Business math teacher John Stolle checks over an assignment with sophomore Deon Vilhauer. Bottom: Junior Jay Schaffer exhibits his frustration over a difficult Flashcalc spreadsheet program while in- structor David Carmon looks on. 12 Academics

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Belinda Rohwedder receives Kelp from Mr. Ron Struck on her American history assign- ment. Tammy Guthmiller, prosecuting attorney, questions Tom Rath (portraying George Washington), as fellow lawyers Deb Jasmer, Beth Blumhardt and Rick Reis look on. » Biology students brave lab smell Mr. Brad Beck, physics, biology and general science teacher, lec- tured on everything from the hu- man respiratory system to the splitting of atoms. Biology I stu- dents dug bravely into dead organ- isms as they fought back the reek- ing smell of the corpses. Most stu- dents enjoyed the various dissect- ing experiments, although Marsha Maroney strongly felt that the school should save the pigs. Ad- vanced biology students took the long-awaited trip to Presentation College in Aberdeen where they squeamishly viewed cadavers. The physics class was introduced into the mysterious world of matter and energy, in which they desperately tried to understand the complicated reading material and solve complex problems. Mr. Ron Struck, government, world history and U.S. history teacher taught how the government works and where the people who run it come from. Government stu- dents traveled to Pierre to get a first-hand look at how the Legisla- ture works, while the U.S. history students battled it out in the court- room, eventually acquitting both George Washington and Jefferson Davis of treason. World history students studied different cultures around the world and their geogra- phical locations. Miss Ginny Freitag, mathematics teacher, had her advanced math students in teaching the Algebra I students. The majority of the fresh- men enjoyed having someone they knew well teach them. Freitag liked watching student responses to the various seniors who taught. She also enjoyed having Kumi Omata in her algebra class. A highlight for the geometry students was build- ing unique polyhedrons. Freitag also taught junior high art. Janet Zulk and Terrill Guthmiller dissect a fetal pig in biology class. 14 Academics